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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2008, 10:37 PM AKST. It took effect at Mar 6, 2008, 3:37 AM AKST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2008, 10:37 PM AKST (07:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2008, 3:37 AM AKST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2008, 11:18 AM AKST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 061237 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 337 AM AST THU MAR 6 2008 AKZ217-062100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0015.080306T1237Z-080306T2100Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 337 AM AST THU MAR 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINE TO GUST FROM 40 TO 50 MPH IN THE NOATAK VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL FALL BELOW 40 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK72 PAFG 062018 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1118 AM AST THU MAR 6 2008 AKZ217-062130- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-080306T2100Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 1118 AM AST THU MAR 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Mar 5, 8:00 AM AKST, 14 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 8:00 AM AKST, 14 hours 37 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 100 PM AST WED MAR 5 2008 DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS. A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE STRETCHING FROM CALIFORNIA TO THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL WEAKEN INTO THE WEEKEND AS IT IS ERODED AWAY BY A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE BERING SEA AND EASTERN RUSSIA SENDING A FEW WAVES NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE RIDGE...FOLLOWING THE 300MB JET. A LOW CENTER EMBEDDED WITHIN THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL AFFECT WEST COAST WEATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. A 973 MB SURFACE LOW WILL ENTER BRISTOL BAY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE UP THE COAST AND BE A 982 MB LOW BY 3PM THU AND THEN MOVE JUST SOUTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND WEAKEN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A WEATHER FRONT FROM THIS LOW WILL MOVE NORTH TO NORTON SOUND THU AND THEN MOVE WEST AND WEAKEN. THIS LOW WILL BRING ADVISORY LEVEL SNOW TO THE NULATO HILLS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG CHINOOK FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE AND WILL KEEP WIND SPEEDS ELEVATED AND TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH PASSES IN THE USUAL WINDY PLACES INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ218-AKZ219. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ230. && MAR 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 6:32 PM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Mar 5, 10:57 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Mar 6, 6:17 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 62 hr | |
| Mar 6, 6:24 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 21 hr | |
| Mar 6, 9:04 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Mar 6, 9:06 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 37 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.